Improvement in devices for filling barrels



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Patented Nov. 21,1871.

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FREDERICK STITZEL, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

IMPROVEMEINT IN DEVICES FOR FILLING BARRELS.

I Specijication forming part of Letters Patent No. 121,134, dated November 2l, 1871.

To all 'whom fit may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK STITZEL, of Louisville, in the county of J efterson and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Devices for Filling Barrels; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, suflicient to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to fully understand, make, and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing making part of this specification, in which the iigure is a central sectional view of my device. l

My invention relates to an improvement in that class of devices which is used for iilling barrels, casks, Sto., with liquids; and consists of a cock of ordinary construction, to be inserted into the vessel to be emptied; a valvel of peculiar construction, forming the principal part of my invention, which is to be inserted into the vessel to be filled; and a pipe which connects the two together.

Referring to the drawing, A designates the cock, which is provided with a valve-stern extending through the whole length of the casing, which stem is provided on one end with a valve which iits tightly, when desired, over the lower end of the casing. This lower end of the casing has a screw-thread cut in it, by means of which it is secured in the cask or barrel to be emptied or om which the liquid is to be drawn. The casing of the cock is made with a lateral branch, B, which has its outer end recessed to receive one end of the connecting-pipe D, the joint being made tight by means of a washer, C,the pipe being secured to the branch by a bolt, F, extending from the cross-bar E in the branch through the pipe, and fastened on the outside thereof by awasher and nut, G. This pipeD may be made of metal or rubber, and, if of the latter of course the bolts F, &c'., will be unnecessary, as the tube can then be slipped over the end of the branch. The valve and its casing are constructed as follows: The tube or pipeD is secured to a branch, B, similar in construction to that above described, and by the same means. The casing is made with two chambers, H and I, which receive the valve, which valve consists of a cylinder, J, open at one end, and is provided with a hollow stem, M, se cured to the under side or face of the valve, with a metallic or other washer, L, interposed, the said washer being of greater diameter than either the cylinder or stem, and which, when the valve is closed, ts tightly over the seat N made inside the casing. The cylinder J is perforated atK to admit some of the liquid into it, in order to form a balance against the pressure of the liquid on the outer surface ofthe valve, whereby it is more iirmly held in its place, the pressure being equalized on the side by the liquid accumulatedin the chamber H. P is a rod passing up through the valve-stem and valve, and surrounded on the outside of the casing by a stuffing-box, Z. It is used for raising the valvewhen it is desired to admit the liquid into the barrel being filled, which liquid passes out through openings Y Y made in the casing. A pin, Q, is secured in the lower end of the hollow stem M, and extends thence downwardly through a stuffing-box made in a partition, R, set in the casing below the openings Y. A lug, U, projects from the partition R, and is slotted to receive a trigger-lever, S, which is hinged in the partition. A pawl, T, is secured to the lower end of the lever S, and is provided with a notch in one end, which engages with a lug made on a semi-cylindrical float, V, which is likewise hinged to or suspended from the lug or ilange U.

These several devices operate the valve-that is, to close it-in the following manner: When the vessel being filled is as full as is desired the liquid will pour in the casing below the partition R through numerous small openings W; the end of the casing being closed the iloat will be lifted up by one end, whereby the pawl T will be released by the lug on the iioat, and the lever S will swing back and drop the rod or pin Q, which rests on the lug a on the lever; and the valve, being then unsupported, will drop out of the chamber I and rest on its seat N, thereby shutting oif the supply of liquid from the barrel, the supply from the vessel from which it is drawn being regulated bythe valve in the cock A.

The depth to which the casing ofthe valve extends in the barrel to be filled is adjusted by a movable ring, O, surrounding the casing, and secured thereto by a set-screw, X. The ring may be provided with feet to rest onthe rim of the bung-hole or the opening in the vessel into which the casing is inserted.

Thus a barrel-lling device is produced Which in g-pipe D, bolts and nuts F, and cross-bars E is simple, always reliable, and can be manufacwith the casing B H I N N having openings YY tured at a small cost. and perforations WW, the cylinder J K, Washer Having thus described my invention, what I L, hollow stem M, rod P, and nut z, the ioat V, claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters pawl T, lug U, trigger-lever S a, partition It, and

Patent, is rod Q, all arranged and operating substantially l. rJhe combination ofthe cylinder J K, Washer as herein described. L, hollow stem M, rod P, and nut z, the iioat V, FREDERICK STITZEL. paW1T,lng U, trigger-lever S a, partition R, and rod Q, all arranged Within the casing B H I N N, Witnesses:

and operating substantially as herein described. W. W. PULLEN,

2. The combination of the cockA B, connect- E. F. HUYGK. (167) 

